FIFA: Winter 2022 World Cup Possible In Qatar

[Starpluck]

[URL]http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/16/ap/sportsline/main7156058.shtml[/URL]

[quote=Associated Press][B](AP) [/B] ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - FIFA's top officials left open the option of rescheduling the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to avoid the blistering summer.

Any decision would require extensive talks with soccer federations and other overseers of the sport, they said Thursday.

In separate remarks, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and general secretary Jerome Valcke said moving the Qatar matches to winter deserves study. It could protect players from heat and show flexibility for future bid cities.

"FIFA's job is to have a World Cup that protects the players so we take note of the recommendations and go through the list of requirements," Blatter told journalists in Qatar in his first visit since the tiny Gulf nation was awarded the World Cup this month. "We will look into this and make the right decision."

Valcke, attending the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, said that switching the schedule would make it possible for a wider range of countries to bid for the World Cup - which traditionally takes places in June and July - in the future.

"Why not? It means you open the World Cup to countries where they can never play it in June and July because it's never the right period of time," Valcke told The Associated Press. "If you can do so, it would be a solution to open the organization of the World Cup to a number of countries in this period which is winter in Europe but not winter in the rest of the world."

Still, he said it is "not so easy" to stage a winter World Cup since it would require changing the international calendar - including possibly the year before and after the 2022 tournament - and getting the support of domestic leagues and national federations.

"You can't just make a decision to move the tournament and that is it," he said. "It means you have to change completely when the leagues will play, mainly I would say in Europe. It's less difficult in the rest of the world."

Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup this month despite concerns that temperatures exceeding 104 degrees pose a serious health risk to players and fans. Soon after it beat out the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea for the bidding rights, soccer executives started suggesting that it might be better move the 2022 tournament to January when it is much cooler in Qatar.

FIFA executive committee member Franz Beckenbauer was the first to suggest the idea, and he was followed by UEFA president Michel Platini.

Valcke said Qatar has not formally requested changing the timing of the tournament, and bid officials have not said anything publicly about whether they would support such a move. [B]Until now, Qatar has only promised FIFA that stadiums, training venues and areas for fans to party will be cooled with solar-powered air conditioning.[/B]

Blatter said the decision to award Qatar the tournament - as well as sending it to Russia in 2018 - [B]reflects the "modern World Cup" that moves into new areas.[/B]

"Now the Middle East has also got its first World Cup," he said. "[B]The philosophy of football is that it should be accessible to everybody[/B]. It has happened now."

Last week, Blatter floated the idea that some games at the 2022 tournament could be played in other Gulf countries.

But Valcke said Qatar has not made a formal request to date to stage games in other nations, and he emphasized that would be a decision left solely to the oil-rich nation. [I]

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed[/I] .[/quote]

Well it was going to be climate controlled anyways, but if it stops the bitching then go for it (even though people will always find shit to bitch about).

Also considering when people are going to leave the stadiums it'll still be cool then.

[Zambies!]

*One person goes inside Qatar*
Sorry, we're full!

[MarkG06]

Why are proper news stations even bothering themselves with reporting crap about the world cup.

[sloppy_joes]

[QUOTE=markg06;26750788]Why are proper news stations even bothering themselves with reporting crap about the world cup.[/QUOTE]
Obviously because there are enough people who care about it.

[slinkman]

Qatar shouldn't have gotten the bid. Sure they had Zinedine Zidane reppin them, but we had Morgan Freeman.

Morgan.
Mother Fuckin.
Freeman.

[Zeke129]

Glad to see the foreign people in the stadiums will be nice and cool while people outside suffer human rights abuses at the hand of an Islamic theocratic government

Oh and don't go to the world cup with your same-sex partner you might get arrested

[DogGunn]

[QUOTE=markg06;26750788]Why are proper news stations even bothering themselves with reporting crap about the world cup.[/QUOTE]

Because some people care about football.

[editline]18th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26751264]Oh and don't go to the world cup with your same-sex partner you might get arrested[/QUOTE]

"The philosophy of football is that it should be accessible to everybody."

Everyone but gays and Israelis.

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=DogGunn;26751268]

"The philosophy of football is that it should be accessible to everybody."

Everyone but Israelis.[/QUOTE]
Dunno about you [url]http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10112009/58/world-cup-qatar-2022-green-lights-israel-booze.html[/url]

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=DogGunn;26751268]"The philosophy of football is that it should be accessible to everybody."
Everyone but gays and Israelis.[/QUOTE]

Well the philosophy of football is great, too bad it's counter to the philosophy of the country they're putting it in.

[editline]17th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26751294]Dunno about you [url]http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10112009/58/world-cup-qatar-2022-green-lights-israel-booze.html[/url][/QUOTE]

[url=http://www.cubeupload.com/files/1ba5abss20101217081553.png]I like how you removed gays from his quote[/url]

stay classy Starpluck

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26751300][URL="http://www.cubeupload.com/files/1ba5abss20101217081553.png"]I like how you removed gays from his quote[/URL]

stay classy Starpluck[/QUOTE]
Gee, maybe it was because I was referring specifically to that part of his post!

[DogGunn]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26751294]Dunno about you [url]http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10112009/58/world-cup-qatar-2022-green-lights-israel-booze.html[/url][/QUOTE]

That's for the players. I doubt much would change on the supporter side.
What happens if an Israeli wants to go see the World Cup in 2022? Can they?

Anyway, what about gays?

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26751335]Gee, maybe it was because I was referring specifically to that part of his post![/QUOTE]

Gee, maybe it's because you feel the need to defend Muslim nations doing blatantly discriminatory shit at every turn and didn't want to touch on the one thing that you know Qatar won't budge on

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26751264]Glad to see the foreign people in the stadiums will be nice and cool while people outside suffer human rights abuses at the hand of an Islamic theocratic government

Oh and don't go to the world cup with your same-sex partner you might get arrested[/QUOTE]
Oh stop fucking exaggerating on what will happen in Qatar, it's some cruel barbaric government as you make it out to be It's Qatar. Not Saudi nor Iran. Your postings do not take account that this will be in 2022 not tomorrow giving them more then enough time to progress.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;26751344]That's for the players. I doubt much would change on the supporter side.
What happens if an Israeli wants to go see the World Cup in 2022? Can they?[/QUOTE]
[B]Countries that do not accept Israeli passports[/B]

[LIST]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria"]Algeria[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-6"][7][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh"]Bangladesh[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-7"][8][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei"]Brunei[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-8"][9][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/22px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti"]Djibouti[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-9"][10][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran"]Iran[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-10"][11][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-11"][12][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait"]Kuwait[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-12"][13][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-13"][14][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon"]Lebanon[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-Leb-14"][15][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-15"][16][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya"]Libya[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-16"][17][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia"]Malaysia[/URL] (Clearance permit needed from the Ministry of Internal Security.)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-17"][18][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan"]Pakistan[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-18"][19][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia"]Saudi Arabia[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-19"][20][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-20"][21][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia"]Somalia[/URL][[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I]]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan"]Sudan[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-21"][22][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria"]Syria[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-Syria-22"][23][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-23"][24][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates"]United Arab Emirates[/URL] (Clearance permit needed from the Ministry of Internal Security.)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-24"][25][/URL]
[*][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen"]Yemen[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-25"][26][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-26"][27][/URL]
[/LIST]

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26751394]Oh stop fucking exaggerating on what will happen in Qatar, it's some cruel barbaric government as you make it out to be It's Qatar. Not Saudi nor Iran. Your postings do not take account that this will be in 2022 not tomorrow giving them more then enough time to progress.[/QUOTE]

It's 2010

let's make sure countries aren't still in the middle ages before we give them huge internationally-attended football tournaments

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26751366]Gee, maybe it's because you feel the need to defend Muslim nations doing blatantly discriminatory shit at every turn and didn't want to touch on the one thing that you know Qatar won't budge on[/QUOTE]
Seeing as they budged at Israel and booze prior to winning the rights to host it, it is rational to assume that by in 12 years they'll budge on homosexuality.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;26751413]It's 2010

let's make sure countries aren't still in the middle ages before we give them huge internationally-attended football tournaments[/QUOTE]
Seems fair enough, Qatar is not in the middle ages if that was what you were trying to imply however.

[Kade]

Won't this mean that a lot of key players will have to leave club football mid season to go out and do this? For top flight teams like Arsenal, that's going to be most of our players :ohdear: Makes more sense to do it during the summer break.

[DogGunn]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26751394][B]Countries that do not accept Israeli passports[/B]

[LIST]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria"]Algeria[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-6"][7][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh"]Bangladesh[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-7"][8][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei"]Brunei[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-8"][9][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/22px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti"]Djibouti[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-9"][10][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran"]Iran[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-10"][11][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-11"][12][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait"]Kuwait[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-12"][13][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-13"][14][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon"]Lebanon[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-Leb-14"][15][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-15"][16][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya"]Libya[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-16"][17][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia"]Malaysia[/URL] (Clearance permit needed from the Ministry of Internal Security.)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-17"][18][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan"]Pakistan[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-18"][19][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia"]Saudi Arabia[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-19"][20][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-20"][21][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia"]Somalia[/URL][[I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I]]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan"]Sudan[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-21"][22][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria"]Syria[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-Syria-22"][23][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-23"][24][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates"]United Arab Emirates[/URL] (Clearance permit needed from the Ministry of Internal Security.)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-24"][25][/URL]
[*][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png[/img_thumb] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen"]Yemen[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-25"][26][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport#cite_note-26"][27][/URL]
[/LIST][/QUOTE]

Recent relations between Qatar and Israel have been soured. There has never been a time for free or easy entry into Qatar, which is fair enough, however with no Israeli mission in Qatar anymore, I don't think a person could travel there with an Israeli passport.

[editline]18th December 2010[/editline]

I will commend you to keep the Wikipedia formatting onto Facepunch :v:

[ignhelper]

Lol what if Iran played with Israel. During the finals.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26751461]Seems fair enough, Qatar is not in the middle ages if that was what you were trying to imply however.[/QUOTE]

You've admitted to being a homophobe both on the forums and to me personally on Steam chats, it's pretty obvious why you don't see this as a big deal

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26755806]You've admitted to being a homophobe both on the forums and to me personally on Steam chats, it's pretty obvious why you don't see this as a big deal[/QUOTE]

lol you can't be serious

[PunchedInFac]

Well I live in Qatar.

To be frank it sucks monkey balls and it will keep sucking massive monkey balls 12 years later.
This land is absolutely flat, Boringly so.
It's natives are interested in driving big land cruisers and Nissan Patrols at high speed, on two wheels or into each other, the Qatari nationals are mostly over-privileged horny bastards, Did I mention that they are also a minority? Did I also that everyone has an SUV or big 4WD car?
The seas are always at that horrible tepid temperature and are the saltiest thing since anchovies in brine.
There's not much entertainment for the masses. sure every once in a while someone like DJ Tiesto comes along, but every expatriate is here for work, not play.

On the up-side the laws are extremely foreigner friendly compared to the Saudi neighbor, and no tax! which I guess is a plus but the retailers jack up prices because A: People here don't know any better. B: Most business in Qatar are monopolies with one business in each area of retailing holds the majority market share e.g: Carrefour, the french hypermarket chain is huge over here.

Like most Gulf countries it's still sadly a monarchy, but the current crown-prince and his wife are doing a great job publicizing Qatar.
On the down-side of some laws to actually live here you need a sponsor which is usually either your employer or a Qatari national.

But alcohol is outlawed in public areas.

Oh. I can't find a good DIY store (like the old style of radioshack) for all my thought-up projects and mods to things.
BIG minus in my opinion

Also they Censor the internet.
They blocked fucking newgrounds for god's sake.
And virtually all porn websites.
It's really kind of dumb since you can pass it with a simple proxy.
Yep, ISP censoring trumped once again by simple proxies.

tl;dr:
Qatar sucks, take it from a local.

[IStanI]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26755806]You've admitted to being a homophobe both on the forums and to me personally on Steam chats, it's pretty obvious why you don't see this as a big deal[/QUOTE]

There's a difference between denying a person rights and not liking what they do. You speak of homophobes like the religious generalize atheists, they're not all aggressive.

[PunchedInFac]

[IMG]http://www.censor.qa/message5.jpg[/IMG]
See the kind of shit i have to deal with?

[ruffles]

I smell bribes hell they do not even have stadiums and here in the US they could easily do it in any major city.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;26760692][img_thumb]http://www.censor.qa/message5.jpg[/img_thumb]
See the kind of shit i have to deal with?[/QUOTE]

Probably the best "we're a shitty government who censors stuff" page I have seen in my life. The fact that the top line looks like "oops lol" made my day.

[editline]17th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=IStanI;26760368]There's a difference between denying a person rights and not liking what they do. You speak of homophobes like the religious generalize atheists, they're not all aggressive.[/QUOTE]

Starpluck is being apathetic towards a country denying someone's rights and that's just as destructive as doing it yourself.

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26762170]
Starpluck is being apathetic towards a country denying someone's rights and that's just as destructive as doing it yourself.[/QUOTE]
I'm not a hompohobe, your point is null.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26771521]I'm not a hompohobe, your point is null.[/QUOTE]

Even if you aren't a homophobe and were just joking to annoy me, my point stands. You don't seem to care that Qatar is a backwards shithole in many regards, you're just happy that a middle eastern country got the World Cup since you currently reside in the middle east.

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26771578]Even if you aren't a homophobe and were just joking to annoy me, my point stands. You don't seem to care that Qatar is a backwards shithole in many regards.[/QUOTE]
If it's not a concern then there's nothing to care or give a shit about. Go on, I find it amusing how you treat the Middle East as one collective nation.

[editline]18th December 2010[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26771578] you're just happy that a middle eastern country got the World Cup since you currently reside in the middle east.[/QUOTE]
Going to waste my time any longer with your Ad Hominem attacks or are you actually going to debate?

[PunchedInFac]

[QUOTE=Starpluck;26771596]If it's not a concern then there's nothing to care or give a shit about. Go on, I find it amusing how you treat the Middle East as one collective nation.

[editline]18th December 2010[/editline]

Going to waste my time any longer with your Ad Hominem attacks or are you actually going to debate?[/QUOTE]

Can we stop arguing and just get to talking about [B]HOW SHIT[/B] Qatar is.

woops.
Guess I passed the quota for insulting Qatar.
The prince's police is in my house now.

See you guys in 10 years (about)

Guess that's what i get for insulting Qatar on it's national day.

[Starpluck]

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;26772872]Can we stop arguing and just get to talking about [B]HOW SHIT[/B] Qatar is.

woops.
Guess I passed the quota for insulting Qatar.
The prince's police is in my house now.

See you guys in 10 years (about)

Guess that's what i get for insulting Qatar on it's national day.[/QUOTE]
Well at least you guys have a better blocking notice. Look how creative ours is:

[IMG]http://gyazo.com/274cf0a2b9e100a9c63299796b7b4df2.png[/IMG]

[editline]18th December 2010[/editline]

You could also go to [URL]http://www.anonymous.com.bh/[/URL]. It used to redirect us there when a website was blocked, but now it does it without redirection.